Talking With Your Family

Learn about genes and cancer, signs of hereditary cancer, genetic counseling, types of genetic tests and what results mean for you and your family.

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Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
This FORCE-endorsed book was written by founder and Executive Director Sue Friedman; geneticist Rebecca Sutphen, MD; and health writer, Kathy Steligo. This book is a comprehensive resource on all topics related to hereditary cancer, genetic testing, and risk-management.

Sharing risk information with children
May 5, 2010: free, on-demand webinar by psychologist Karen Hurley, PhD focuses on feelings that parents commonly experience when dealing with the possibility of risk to their children and guidelines for communication.

Taking Care of Your Girls
Marica Weiss. This how-to-guide is written for adolescent girls. It provides balanced information, and answers the questions about breast health and development that most adolescent girls are afraid to ask..

Jewish Gen
A free, easy-to-use genealogy website features thousands of databases, research tools, and other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry research and find family members.

Geneaology Relationship Chart
Is she a "first cousin once removed" or "a fourth great-grand niece"? This handy resource helps you determine what to call the relationship between family members.

Surgeon General's Family Health History Initiative
The U.S. Surgeon General has designated Thanksgiving as Family History Day. They encourage families to share their family medical history. This site includes a downloadable Family History Tool that allows you to track the incidence of certain diseases in your family.

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